Xuxa Abracadabra

Xuxa Abracadabra (2003)

Xuxa em Abracadabra

Believe: everything is real

Sofia goes to her cousin Matheus's house to take care of his two children, Júlia and Lucas, while he goes to a party. She finds a magical book, which transports them to the Magic Forest, where they meet fairytale characters such as Pinocchio and Little Red Riding Hood. But their presence starts interfering with the original stories, and so Matheus tries to bring them back to the real world.

Date of release
2003-12-19
TMDB
6.4 / 10 (39)
Runtime
1h 27m
Genres
Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Director
Moacyr Góes

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Filmed in: Rio de Janeiro

Xuxa Abracadabra is a 2003 Brazilian fantasy adventure film produced by Diler Trindade and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures and Globo Filmes. Directed by Moacyr Góes, it stars Xuxa Meneghel, Márcio Garcia, Cláudia Raia, Brunno Abrahão, Maria Mariana Azevedo, Heloísa Périssé, Leandro Hassum, Lúcio Mauro Filho, and Sérgio Mamberti. The film tells the story of a librarian named Sofia who agrees to babysit her friend Matheus's children. While looking after the children at Matheus's great uncle's house, they find a magical book that takes them to a fairy-tale land.

Production

Xuxa had found previous success with the film Xuxa e os Duendes, which was popular amongst young children, despite being targeted towards teenagers. Xuxa Abracadabra was devised to be the opposite; a film targeted at young children that still retained appeal for teenagers.

Production began when producer Diler Trindade brought the screenplay from Flávio de Souza. Moacyr Góes was chosen as director, and was challenged to escape the "caricature" tone usually seen in Brazilian children's productions. Góes says that when he accepted Trindade's invitation to direct the film, he started to study cinema intensely, watching productions with a variety of tones. "In 2002, I saw about 800 films, from Eisenstein to 'Clueless'."

The main characters were cast, with Heloísa Périssé (Patricia), Brunno Abrahão (Lucas), Maria Mariana Azevedo (Júlia), Debby Lagranha (Little Red Riding Hood), Kayky Brito (Puss in Boots) and Leandro Hassum (Bluebeard / The Frog Prince) being brought onto the film.

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